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The tradesman's companion, and scholar's assistant : containing all the useful tables in money, weights, and measures : also tables of aliquot parts, and of the coins used in Holland, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, &c. reduced in their value in English money.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HG3871.G7 M66 1797
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Money--Tables--Early works to 1800.
- Money.
- Weights and measures--Tables--Early works to 1800.
- Weights and measures.
- Money--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Tables.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- Falmouth -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 36 pages : tables ; 17 cm
- Edition:
- 4th edition.
- Fingerprint:
- 6789 S.e. hea- 60e. (C) 1797 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester : Printed and sold by T. Fisher, 1778.
- Contents:
- Numeration table
- Notation by Roman characters
- Pence and Shillings table
- Parts and denomination of English money
- Portugal coin
- Troy weight
- Avoirdupoise weight
- Weight of sundry articles
- Apothecaries weight
- Wine measure
- Beer measure
- Dry measure
- Long measure
- Cloth measure
- Timber measure
- Land measure
- Time table
- Multiplication table
- Aliquot parts
- Foreign coin.
- Notes:
- Price on title page: "Price Three-Pence.".
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy has ms. note ("Cost 120~.") on title leaf.
- RBC copy without binding; leaves sewn.
- RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2018 from Narthexus on eBay.com.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.
- Cited in:
- ESTC, N55340
- OCLC:
- 795009961
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